Coat Hangers, White Chocolate And Kissing. Must Be Fact Day!

October 7, 2014October 6, 2014 fasab Factoids, Unusual afraid of bees, afraid of mice, American Film Institute, army, battle, best American musical films ever made, Bobby Leach, brain cells, Calabash pipe, Chandragupta Maurya, chocolate, coat hanger, cocoa liquor, cocoa solids, commissioned, convicted criminals, cut off their own heads, dare devils, dart-throwing convention, darts, death defying stunts, Department of Philatelic Fulfillment, education, elephants, empire, Entertainment, fact, factoid, factoids, facts, go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, Holmes, humans, Humor, Indian subcontinent, information, Josh Hanson, King Goujian of Yue, kissing, latitude 60 degrees south, Leach, lobster, Mauryan Empire, Minneapolis, New Zealand, philematology, picture stamps, reeding, ridges on the sides of coins, sail around the world, science of kissing, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Sherlock Holmes, trivia, United States, United States Postal Service, white chocolate, William Gillette

“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

Looks like another day of random facts.

Hope you find something that you like.

Enjoy.

A coat hanger is 44 inches long if straightened

White chocolate technically isn’t chocolate.

It contains no cocoa solids or cocoa liquor.

The science of kissing itself is called philematology.

Elephants aren’t afraid of mice

but they are afraid of bees

The Mauryan Empire was founded by

Chandragupta Maurya in 322 B.C and was

the largest empire ever on the Indian subcontinent.

In 2007, While attending a dart-throwing convention

at a Minneapolis hotel, Josh Hanson (heavily intoxicated)

fell out of a window, plummeting 160 feet and

slamming into the ledge of the first floor.

He sustained a broken leg, two collapsed lungs and

a few bruises but lived to play darts again.

Humans have more brain cells at the age of two

than at any other point in their lives

Images for picture stamps in the United States

are commissioned by the

United States Postal Service Department of Philatelic Fulfillment.

It takes a lobster approximately

seven years to grow to be one pound.

Bobby Leach was one of the greatest dare devils to ever live.

He would regularly perform death defying stunts

and was only the second person in history

to go over the side of the Niagara Falls in a barrel.

One day, however, while walking down

a quiet street in New Zealand,

Leach slipped on an orange peel, broke his leg,

and died due to complications that he developed afterwards.

The ridges on the sides of coins are called reeding.

At latitude 60 degrees south you can

sail all the way around the world.

King Goujian of Yue placed a row of

convicted criminals at the front of his army.

Before the battle they would all cut off their own heads

to show the other army how crazy King Goujian’s army was.

The “Calabash” pipe,

most often associated with Sherlock Holmes,

was not used by him until William Gillette (an American)

portrayed Holmes onstage.

Gillette needed a pipe he could keep in

his mouth while he spoke his lines.

In 2006, American Film Institute

named Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

as one of the best American musical films ever made.

Yeeeehaaaaaa!!!

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Another Week, Another Quiz!

February 17, 2014February 16, 2014 fasab Questions, Tests 1666, 1984, Academy Award for best actress, Academy Awards, Arabian nights, bakery, Bill Murray, books, bossa nova, Brezhnev, capital city, car, city, Colombia, country, Crossing the Rubicon, Dan Aykroyd, education, Elaine Paige, empress of India, Entertainment, facts, famous city, famous movie, first test, general knowledge, Geography, H Bomb, Harold Ramis, Helen, highest mountain in Africa, history, Hollywood, island, Julie Covington, King George V, kissing, Lenin, lips, literature, Madeira, Madonna, Mexican, movie, movies, music, mythological creature, mythology, Name, nations, pass a point of no return, Pastry war, politics, popular song, Pudding Lane, Queen Mother, questions, quiz, quizzes, recorded, Rio Grande, river, Sabu, Sarah Brighman, seceded, Sinead O’Connor, small island, South American country, Stalin, Susan Erens, tattooed, television, test, tests, The Carpenters, tv, unpardonable sin, US president, USA, Vienna, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

Hi, and welcome to another week and to start it off, another quiz.

The usual selection of random questions to test your knowledge.

And, as usual, if you get stuck you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please, NO cheating!

Enjoy and good luck.

Q. 1: This one is the name of a famous city and also the man who ran away with Helen?

Q. 2: What is the highest mountain in Africa?

Q. 3: On which river does the city of Vienna stand?

Q. 4: Who was the Empress of India in 1876?

Q. 5: In which South American country did the ‘bossa nova’ originate?

Q. 6: The so-called “Pastry war” of 1838 was fought between which two nations?

Q. 7: Which capital city features in the name of a movie starring Sabu and based on the Arabian Nights?

Q. 8: What started in a bakery in Pudding Lane in 1666?

Q. 9: To which country does the island of Madeira belong?

Q. 10: It’s almost time for the Hollywood Academy Awards again, but who won the Academy Award for best actress two years in a row in 1967 and 1968? (Bonus points if you can also name the movies.)

Q. 11: How old was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart when he died in 1791?

Q. 12: What U.S. President committed an unpardonable sin by kissing Britain’s Queen Mother on the lips?

Q. 13: On which small island did the USA first test their H bomb in 1954?

Q. 14: Most people have heard of the phrase “Crossing the Rubicon” meaning to pass a point of no return, but who was the source of the phrase when he crossed the Rubicon and who was his opponent? (A point for each.)

Q. 15: What make of car did Lenin and Stalin have one of that Brezhnev had three of?

Q. 16: Which country seceded from Colombia in 1903?

Q. 17: Which famous movie title is the Mexican name for the river known in the USA as ‘Rio Grande’?

Q. 18: in 1984 who were Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis?

Q. 19: What mythological creature did Britain’s King George V have tattooed on his right arm?

Q. 20: Versions of this popular song have been recorded by Julie Covington, Madonna, Sarah Brighman, Elaine Paige, Sinead O’Connor, Susan Erens and The Carpenters, among others, what is it?

ANSWERS

Q. 1: This one is the name of a famous city and also the man who ran away with Helen?

A. 1: Paris.

Q. 2: What is the highest mountain in Africa?

A. 2: Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Q. 3: On which river does the city of Vienna stand?

A. 3: The River Danube.

Q. 4: Who was the Empress of India in 1876?

A. 4: Britain’s Queen Victoria.

Q. 5: In which South American country did the ‘bossa nova’ originate?

A. 5: Brazil.

Q. 6: The so-called “Pastry war” of 1838 was fought between which two nations?

A. 6: Mexico and France.

Q. 7: Which capital city features in the name of a movie starring Sabu and based on the Arabian Nights?

A. 7: Baghdad, the name of the movie is “The Thief of Baghdad”.

Q. 8: What started in a bakery in Pudding Lane in 1666?

A. 8: The great fire of London.

Q. 9: To which country does the island of Madeira belong?

A. 9: Portugal.

A. 10: Katharine Hepburn, in 1967 for ‘Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner’ and in 1968 for ‘The Lion In Winter’.

Q. 11: How old was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart when he died in 1791?

A. 11: Only 35 years old.

Q. 12: What U.S. President committed an unpardonable sin by kissing Britain’s Queen Mother on the lips?

A. 12: President Jimmy Carter.

Q. 13: On which small island did the USA first test their H bomb in 1954?

A. 13: Bikini.

A. 14: The phrase originated when Julius Caesar crossed the River Rubicon to fight Pompey.

Q. 15: What make of car did Lenin and Stalin have one of that Brezhnev had three of?

A. 15: Rolls Royce.

Q. 16: Which country seceded from Colombia in 1903?

A. 16: Panama.

Q. 17: Which famous movie title is the Mexican name for the river known in the USA as ‘Rio Grande’?

A. 17: Rio Bravo

Q. 18: in 1984 who were Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis?

A. 18: They were the ‘Ghostbusters’, a group of misfit parapsychologists Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Raymond Stantz (Dan Aykroyd), and Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis).

Q. 19: What mythological creature did Britain’s King George V have tattooed on his right arm?

A. 19: A Dragon.

Q. 20: Versions of this popular song have been recorded by Julie Covington, Madonna, Sarah Brighman, Elaine Paige, Sinead O’Connor, Susan Erens and The Carpenters, among others, what is it?

A. 20: “Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina”

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Day Two 2013, Are You Scared Yet?

January 2, 2013 fasab Humour, Medical, Phobias, Uncategorized, Unusual a penis, alcohol, algophobia, amusing, bald people, beards, becoming bald, being eaten, being in love, being rained on, belly buttons, birds, childbirth, children, cold, color purple, crowds, daylight, dental surgery, disease, dolls, Domatophobia, dreams, drugs, education, Eicophobia, everything, eyes, fear of birds, fear of crowds, fearns, feathers, feet, Fever, figure 8, fire, flying, fools, Friday the 13th, frost, funny, ghosts, glaring lights, health, Heaven, heredity, house, Humor, Humour, ice, idiots, imaginary crimes, kissing, lice, Life, light, medical doctors, mental-health, mind, Misc, Miscellaneous, mobs, mother-in-law, Novercaphobia, Obesophobia, ochlophobia, ochophobia, octophobia, Odynephobia, oenophobia, oikophobia, olfactophobia, ombrophobia, Ommatophobia, ommetaphobia, omphalophobia, oneirogmophobia, oneirophobia, onomatophobia, oophobia, ophidiophobia, ophthalmophobia, opiophobia, optophobia, ornithophobia, orthophobia, osmophobia, Osphresiophobia, ostraconophobia, otophobia, ouranophobia, overworking, pagophobia, pain, panophobia, panthophobia, Pantophobia, papaphobia, paper, papyrophobia, paralipophobia, paraphobia, parasites, parasitophobia, paraskavedekatriaphobia, parthenophobia, Parturiphobia, pathophobia, Patroiophobia, Peccatophobia, Pediculophobia, Pediophobia, Pedophobia, Peladophobia, pellagra, Pellagrophobia, Peniaphobia, Pentheraphobia, People, Phagophobia, Phalacrophobia, Phallophobia, Pharmacophobia, Phasmophobia, Phengophobia, Philemaphobia, Philematophobia, Philophobia, Philosophobia, philosophy, phobias, Phobophobia, Phonophobia, Photoaugliaphobia, Photophobia, Phronemophobia, Phthiriophobia, Phthisiophobia, Placophobia, Plutophobia, Pluviophobia, Pneumatiphobia, Pnigerophobia, Pnigophobia, Pocrescophobia, Podophobia, Pogonophobia, Poinephobia, poliomyelitis, Poliosophobia, politicians, Politicophobia, Polyphobia, Ponophobia, Porphyrophobia, Potamophobia, Potophobia, poverty, Proctophobia, progress, property, Prosophobia, Psellismophobia, Psychophobia, Psychrophobia, Pteridophobia, Pteromerhanophobia, Pteronophobia, punishment, Pupaphobia, puppets, Pyrexiophobia, Pyrophobia, Random, rectums, responsibility, running water, sexual perversion, shellfish, sinning, smells, smells or odors, smothered, Snakephobia, snakes, spirits, stupid, stupid people, stuttering, sunshine, swallowing, taking medicine, teeth, telephones, the Pope, thinking, tombstones, tuberculosis, Uranophobia, vehicles, video, virgins, wealth, weight, wet dreams, wines, young girls

“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

If you aren’t scared yet the chances are you are not afflicted with anything on the following list of phobias or irrational fears that seem to grip some unfortunate people. For them 2013 will be as frightening as 2012. Imagine, for example, spending the whole year with proctophobia – what a bummer!

In today’s list are the ‘O’s and the ‘P’s.

Enjoy.

Obesophobia……….fear of gaining weight. (Pocrescophobia)

Ochlophobia……….fear of crowds or mobs.

Ochophobia……….fear of vehicles.

Octophobia ……….fear of the figure 8.

Odontophobia……….fear of teeth or dental surgery.

Odynophobia or Odynephobia……….fear of pain. (Algophobia)

Oenophobia……….fear of wines.

Oikophobia……….fear of home surroundings, house. (Domatophobia, Eicophobia)

Olfactophobia……….fear of smells.

Ombrophobia……….fear of rain or of being rained on.

Ommetaphobia or Ommatophobia……….fear of eyes.

Omphalophobia……….fear of belly buttons.

Oneirophobia……….fear of dreams.

Oneirogmophobia……….fear of wet dreams.

Onomatophobia……….fear of hearing a certain word or of names.

Ophidiophobia……….fear of snakes. (Snakephobia)

Ophthalmophobia……….fear of being stared at.

Opiophobia……….fear medical doctors experience of prescribing needed pain medications for patients.

Optophobia……….fear of opening one’s eyes.

Ornithophobia……….fear of birds.

Orthophobia……….fear of property.

Osmophobia or Osphresiophobia……….fear of smells or odors.

Ostraconophobia……….fear of shellfish.

Ouranophobia or Uranophobia……….fear of heaven.

Pagophobia……….fear of ice or frost.

Panthophobia……….fear of suffering and disease.

Panophobia or Pantophobia……….fear of everything.

Papaphobia……….fear of the Pope.

Papyrophobia……….fear of paper.

Paralipophobia……….fear of neglecting duty or responsibility.

Paraphobia……….fear of sexual perversion.

Parasitophobia……….fear of parasites.

Paraskavedekatriaphobia……….fear of Friday the 13th.

Parthenophobia……….fear of virgins or young girls.

Pathophobia……….fear of disease.

Patroiophobia……….fear of heredity.

Parturiphobia……….fear of childbirth.

Peccatophobia……….fear of sinning or imaginary crimes.

Pediculophobia……….fear of lice.

Pediophobia……….fear of dolls.

Pedophobia……….fear of children.

Peladophobia……….fear of bald people.

Pellagrophobia……….fear of pellagra.

Peniaphobia……….fear of poverty.

Pentheraphobia……….fear of mother-in-law. (Novercaphobia)

Phagophobia……….fear of swallowing or of eating or of being eaten.

Phalacrophobia……….fear of becoming bald.

Phallophobia……….fear of a penis, especially erect.

Pharmacophobia……….fear of taking medicine.

Phasmophobia……….fear of ghosts.

Phengophobia……….fear of daylight or sunshine.

Philemaphobia or Philematophobia……….fear of kissing.

Philophobia……….fear of falling in love or being in love.

Philosophobia……….fear of philosophy.

Phobophobia……….fear of phobias.

Photoaugliaphobia……….fear of glaring lights.

Photophobia……….fear of light.

Phonophobia……….fear of noises or voices or one’s own voice; of telephones.

Phronemophobia……….fear of thinking.

Phthiriophobia……….fear of lice. (Pediculophobia)

Phthisiophobia……….fear of tuberculosis.

Placophobia……….fear of tombstones.

Plutophobia……….fear of wealth.

Pluviophobia……….fear of rain or of being rained on.

Pneumatiphobia……….fear of spirits.

Pnigophobia or Pnigerophobia……….fear of choking of being smothered.

Pocrescophobia……….fear of gaining weight. (Obesophobia)

Podophobia……….fear of feet.

Pogonophobia……….fear of beards.

Poliosophobia……….fear of contracting poliomyelitis.

Politicophobia……….fear or abnormal dislike of politicians.

Polyphobia……….fear of many things.

Poinephobia……….fear of punishment.

Ponophobia……….fear of overworking or of pain.

Porphyrophobia……….fear of the color purple.

Potamophobia……….fear of rivers or running water.

Potophobia……….fear of alcohol.

Pharmacophobia……….fear of drugs.

Proctophobia……….fear of rectums.

Prosophobia……….fear of progress.

P-P-P-P-P-Psellismophobia……….fear of stuttering.

Psychophobia……….fear of mind.

Psychrophobia……….fear of cold.

Pteridophobia……….morbid fear of fearns.

Pteromerhanophobia……….fear of flying.

Pteronophobia……….fear of being tickled by feathers.

Pupaphobia ……….fear of puppets.

Pyrexiophobia……….fear of fever.

Pyrophobia……….fear of fire.

How are you after all that? Are you developing symptoms or are you feeling good?

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